Originally posted by: bigbaddaddyvader
Bottom line:
A comprehensive Star Wars set in either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray (i would say it is more likely to be Blu-Ray) containing SE's,OOt and theatrical and other versions of the PT plus bonuses will happen over the next couple of years.There is a boatload of cash to be made from it so that is what drives LFL so it will happen.The average consumer,diehard and casual fan alike will buy a comprehensive set like that so it is a cash-in waiting to happen.What you guys think that it wont happen before the release of the live-action show to hype that up?
Bottom line:
A comprehensive Star Wars set in either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray (i would say it is more likely to be Blu-Ray) containing SE's,OOt and theatrical and other versions of the PT plus bonuses will happen over the next couple of years.There is a boatload of cash to be made from it so that is what drives LFL so it will happen.The average consumer,diehard and casual fan alike will buy a comprehensive set like that so it is a cash-in waiting to happen.What you guys think that it wont happen before the release of the live-action show to hype that up?
No, I don't. Here's why. How long did it take Lucas to embrace DVD? That's right, it wasn't until AFTER TPM came out, sometime in 2000 or 2001 and that was only TPM. We didn't get the trilogy (I refuse to call the SEs the OT) until after AOTC came out (the 2004 set). Knowing that, I just don't believe we'll see the SEs on Blu-ray before the end of the decade (sometime after 2010 maybe). We will never see the OOT on Blu-ray. Lucas has made it abundantly clear that those movies no longer exist to him. I wouldn't even put it past him to write something into his will to completely prevent the OOT from ever seeing the light of day as a proper release.
Besides all that, weren't the prequels shot in 1k resolution? Doesn't that essentially keep them from ever having a 1080p release? Someone else will have to weigh in on that, but I seem to remember that the cameras they used only shot up to 1k, so it's impossible to get them in 1080p. Sure, they might see a release as 720p, but they'll never look as good as the SEs, which can be released as 1080p (and if I'm not mistaken, have aired as 1080p).
Cash doesn't seem to drive Lucas anymore. If it did, then he wouldn't have released the 2006 set in 2006. He would've waited until May 2007 and done the release then, to coincide with the hype of the 30th Anniversary. The 2004 set was driven by cash, as can be seen by all the flaws in the remastering and the reluctance to simply delay it a little longer to fix those flaws before releasing it.